P78-1 or Solwind was a United States satellite launched aboard an Atlas F rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 24, 1979. The...

delayed to provide notice to the United States Congress. The target was the Solwind P78-1, an orbiting solar observatory that was launched on 24 February 1979...

Comet Howard–Koomen–Michels, also formally known as C/1979 Q1 (Solwind), was a large sungrazing comet that collided with the Sun on August 30, 1979. It...

sungrazing comet research with the launch of coronagraphic telescopes including Solwind, SMM, and SOHO. Until this point, sungrazing comets were only seen with...

conducted the test launch of an ASM-135 ASAT missile that destroyed the Solwind satellite. He later served as the director of operations for Air Force...

climbed to 11613 m (38100 ft) and vertically launched the missile at the Solwind P78-1, a US gamma ray spectroscopy satellite orbiting at 555 km (345 mi)...

satellite. The American 1985 ASM-135 ASAT test was carried out, in which the Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 555 kilometres (345 mi) was struck...

intercept test since September 1985, when the United States destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite with ASM-135 anti-satellite missile released by a F-15...

Eagle launched an ASM-135 anti-satellite missile at the dead P78-1 (or Solwind) satellite and destroyed it. In 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager launched...

with the Sun was the "supercomet" Howard-Koomen-Michels, also known as Solwind 1, on August 30, 1979.[self-published source?] (See also sungrazer.) In...

the Orbiting Solar Observatory platform was developed and launched: the Solwind satellite. It was launched February 24, 1979. It was operated by the DoD...

capabilities by launching an ASM-135 ASAT from an F-15 to shoot down the Solwind P78-1, an American research satellite, from its 555-kilometre (345 mi)...

C/1979 Q1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.0048 141.456 344.997 1979/08/30 C/1981 B1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.00792 140.676 342.107 1981/01/27 C/1981 O1 Solwind – 1.0 – 0.00612...

composition due to the production of secondary X-rays. The X-ray monitor of Solwind, designated NRL-608 or XMON, was a collaboration between the Naval Research...

as a second stage on a version of the Atlas E/F rocket, launching the Solwind and Geosat satellites. When used on the Pegasus air-launch rocket payloads...

Solar Observatory OSO 1 OSO 2/OSO B OSO 3 OSO 4 OSO 5 OSO 6 OSO 7 OSO 8 Solwind PICARD Pioneer 5 Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 PROBA-2 Prognoz programme RHESSI...

RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...

(Star-27) was used for two Atlas E/F launches in 1979 and 1985, with the Solwind and Geosat spacecraft respectively. The rocket could place 870 kilograms...

1985, it was launched from a McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle to destroy the Solwind research satellite. The program was terminated in 1988 due to budgetary...

keV) to study solar X-rays. The Space Test Program spacecraft P78-1 or Solwind was launched on February 24, 1979 and continued operating until September...

observations, images of the corona taken in Bratsk, and observations made from Solwind / P78-1 satellite. Shown below are two tables displaying details about...

C/1981 B1 Solwind 1.0 0.00792 140.676 1981/01/27 MPC · JPL C/1981 G1 Elias 1.000659 4.742518 115.3105 1981/08/18 MPC · JPL C/1981 O1 Solwind 1.0 0.00612...

American P-51 Mustang P78 road (Ukraine) Papyrus 78, a biblical manuscript Solwind, a NASA space probe P78, a state regional road in Latvia HS Karathanasis...

explosion Ablestar 1961 320 Residual propellant explosion Delta 2910 1975 313 Residual propellant explosion Solwind 1985 289 Intentional collision (ASAT)...

spectrum from radio waves to X-rays (up to 3 keV). The X-ray monitor of Solwind, designated NRL-608 or XMON, was a collaboration between the Naval Research...

RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...

and re-instrumented, and then launched in 1979 as P78-1 (also known as Solwind), the satellite which was shot down by the USAF in a successful anti-satellite...

hundreds of former government officials for violations of Sharia law. The Solwind satellite, part of the Orbiting Solar Observatory series of the U.S., was...

antisatellite missile which ascends into space and destroys the P78-1 Solwind satellite at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km) over the Pacific Ocean....

RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind (1979–1985) Spektr-R (2011–2019) Spitzer (2003–2020) Suzaku (Astro-EII)...